Were Analysts Bullish Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) This Week?

February 15, 2018 - By Adrian Mccoy

Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) Ratings Coverage

Among 24 analysts covering Legal General Group PLC (LON:LGEN), 12 have Buy rating, 7 Sell and 5 Hold. Therefore 50% are positive. Legal General Group PLC had 217 analyst reports since July 23, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The company was maintained on Thursday, July 23 by Berenberg. The stock of Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) earned “Outperform” rating by Bernstein on Wednesday, September 2. J.P. Morgan maintained Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) on Friday, October 23 with “Underweight” rating. The stock of Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) has “Buy” rating given on Wednesday, August 5 by Panmure Gordon. Goldman Sachs maintained the shares of LGEN in report on Thursday, December 1 with “Neutral” rating. Bernstein maintained the shares of LGEN in report on Wednesday, August 5 with “Outperform” rating. The firm has “Buy” rating by Shore Capital given on Tuesday, March 15. Numis Securities maintained Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) rating on Thursday, June 15. Numis Securities has “Hold” rating and GBX 275 target. The stock of Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) earned “Outperform” rating by RBC Capital Markets on Wednesday, June 15. The rating was maintained by Deutsche Bank with “Buy” on Friday, June 3. Below is a list of Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) latest ratings and price target changes.

The stock increased 0.12% or GBX 0.3 during the last trading session, reaching GBX 252.9. About 13.22M shares traded. Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) has 0.00% since February 15, 2017 and is . It has underperformed by 16.70% the S&P500.

Legal & General Group Plc provides various insurance services and products worldwide. The company has market cap of 15.02 billion GBP. It operates through Legal & General Retirement , Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), Legal & General Capital (LGC), Legal & General Insurance (LGI), Savings, and General Insurance (GI) divisions. It has a 9.8 P/E ratio. The LGR segment provides annuity contracts with guaranteed income for a specified time; longevity insurance products for firm pension schemes; and lifetime mortgages.

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